Category Archive For "Parenting"

When I don’t fulfill my rules for discipline I feel terrible. I’m trying to figure out what my values are. And from what I can tell, the best way to find out what your true values is to recognize what gets on your nerves. What bothers you. What upsets you. What angers you. …

“….sometimes life sucks, and the healthiest thing you can do is admit it. Denying negative emotions leads to experiencing deeper and more prolonged negative emotions; and to emotional dysfunction. Constant positivity is a form of avoidance, not a valid solution to life’s problems. Problems, which by the way, if you’re choosing the right values metrics, …

Eleanor My 4-year-old daughter has a stuffed animal named Jimmy. It looks like a teddy bear, but it’s a giraffe. I get wrong all the time, so she always correcting me. It always makes me laugh. Why does this thing look a “teddy bear?” Why did she name it Jimmy? As I …

I was writing my daily newsletter and as I intermittently get distracted, I go to facebook. I saw this this zen pencils post taking Calvin and Hobb’s creators words and turning into a beautiful comic. It’s serendipitous how the email I had just finished writing is the embodiment of what this comic zen pencils comic strip. …

There will always be smarter, easier and more effective ways to get something done. To lose weight, to workout, to get a job done and of course, deal with people. Although there are better way to do things, the most important things is the doing. Do. When you move and do stuff that aligns with …